Posts Tagged ‘Star Wars’
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #299
February 4, 2013 | 
Author Many topics covered on today’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour including:
An interesting study on violent video games … Dean’s latest half-marathon … Paul Auster’s The Book of Illusions … A table reading of Dean and Phil’s new film The Lady Killers … The location filming of an intriguing sci-fi short … The movie version of Les Miserables … JJ Abrams departing Star Trek for Star Wars (and whether he ever knew he was making Star Trek in the first place) … IFC’s “Portlandia” …
And even if that were enough for one show, your friends in podcasting keep it coming, analyzing the scarcity of employment opportunities for women behind-the-camera in Hollywood and analyzing this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees thru the prism of the Becdel Test.
Finally, many listeners have asked whether Dean and Phil will be attending Dragon*Con this year and one asked Dean and Phil’s reactions to some disturbing news about where much of the revenue from the event goes each year. Whether you don’t know what Dragon*Con is or even if you go to the annual Labor Day Weekend event in Atlanta every year, you won’t want to miss the return of all-time classic Chillpak Hollywood Hour #121 (Live from Dragon*Con!), available NOW for the first time in more than two years!
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Tags: 30 Rock, Academy Awards, acting, Amazon streaming, Amour, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Bryan Singer, Carrie Brownstein, conscious life expo, Dean Haglund, directing, Django Unchained, Dragon*Con, Ed Koch, Edward Kramer, filmmaking, Fred Armisen, gun control, half-marathons, House of Cards, Hugh Jackman, IFC, Ilana Rein, independent film, Kyle MacLachlan, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, marathons, movies, Nancy Collins JJ Abrams, Netflix, Oscars, Paul Auster, Phil Leirness, Portlandia, Russell Crowe, sci-fi, short films, show business, Silver Linings Playbook, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, television, The Book of Illusions, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, The X-Men, Twin Peaks, usc, video games, violence, writing, Zero Dark Thirty, Zombieland | 
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Chillpak Hollywood #292
This week’s show is over five and a half years in the making.
It starts with your friends in podcasting revealing their all-time Top Ten Films.
Then, they reveal the all-time Top Ten according to all the guests who have appeared on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
This consensus will be updated each year in late December as we add the lists submitted to us by that year’s guests …
What films will make the inaugural cut?
We wouldn’t dream of spoiling it. HOWEVER, we CAN let you know that these films did NOT make the top ten, though they came very close, finishing in positions twenty-four through eleven:
24. Vertigo (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Year: 1958)
23. Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola, 1979)
22. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
21. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
19. TIE – Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
18. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
17. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
16. the Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999)
15. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
14. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
13. Fellini’s 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
12. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
11. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
Got your popcorn? Then, let’s go to the movies!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 8 1/2, acting, Amadeus, Billy Wilder, Blade Runner, Carol Reed, Casablanca, Chan Wook Park, Chaplin, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, City Lights, comedy, David Lean, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, drama, Federico Feelini, film, film noir, filmmaking, Francis Coppola, Frtiz Lang, George Lucas, independent film, Lawrence of Arabia, Metropolis, Michael Curtiz, Milos Forman, movies, Oldboy, Orson Welles, Phil Leirness, Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, science fiction, show business, silent films, Some Like it Hot, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Sunset Boulevard, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Third Man, The X-Files, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #286
Cataclysmic storms, divisive Presidential elections, erstwhile Italian Prime Ministers sentenced to prison, Disney making more Star Wars films, unnecessarily Americanized/Anglicized versions of compelling stories, the end of the Mayan Calendar, Dean Haglund action figures and a “Sherlock Holmes” television series that is more House than Holmes …
On this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, your friends in podcasting attempt to make sense of a world gone wild.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 10k Fun Run, acting, alcoholism, Allan Piper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Epstein, Carrie Fisher, Christopher Jacobs, climate change, Cloud Atlas, Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Dean Haglund, Denzel Washington, directing, Disney, Elementary, entertainment, Entertainment Tonight, Ewan McGregor, film, Flight, From Russia with Love, genetically modified food, global warming, Harrison Ford, House, independent film. filmmaking, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jaws, Johnny Lee Miller, King Kong, Kong: A Goddamn Thirty-Foot Gorilla, Lucasfilm, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Married and Counting, Mayan Calendar, Mediaset, Monsanto, movies, Naomi Watts, Newsweek, Overhaulin, Paramount, Paul Bunnell, Phil Leirness, Proposition 37, reincarnation, Sandy, Sherlock, show business, Silvio Berlusconi, Skyfall, SkyPilot, Star Wars, television, The Ghastly Love of Jonny X, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Impossible, The Lone Gunmen, The Sherry Lansing Theater, The X-Files, Tree of Life, tsunami, U.S. Presidential Election, Universal Studios, ValleyCon, writing | 1 Comment »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #252
Your friends in podcasting open this week’s show by discussing the early beginnings of the feature film era.
They close this week’s show by discussing … The beginnings of the feature film era!
In between, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness discuss romance in the movies, the state of romantic comedies, Star Wars, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, several weird and wonderful films you will never get to see (but can read about here), the origin and purpose of the legal system, Placido Domingo and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
Please don’t let the slight audio hiss and hum prevent you from enjoying this latest serving of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. We were able to solve the problem about a third of the way through …
Have a great week, everybody!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Bechdel test, Bridesmaids, Casablanca, Charlie Chaplin, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dr. Steven Ball, film, filmmaking, Frederic Bastiat, Friends with Kids, Hell and Back Again, Hugo, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kissing Jessica Stein, Kristin Wiig, L.E. Baker, Los Angeles Times, Mabel Normand, Marie Deressler, movies, Neal Gabler, Phil Leirness, Placido Domingo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Richard Gilman, Robert Sherman, romantic comedy, Royce Hall, show business, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Symbiosis, The Artist, The Law, The Lone Gunmen, The Sherman Brothers, The X-Files, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Topher Grace, UCLA, Wallace Stevens, Wanderlust, War Horse | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #227
Dean and Phil are back from weeks of travel and they hit the ground running with one of the wildest, most free-wheeling installments of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour ever!
How did your friends in podcasting enjoy Dragon*Con in Atlanta and a 9/11 commemorative event in Portland?
What did they think of the Emmy Awards?
What is their reaction to the latest round of “X-Files 3″ rumors?
Why are they both receiving emails from the CEO of Netflix?
What celebrity death are they remembering?
What celebrity do they think is facing career death?
What celebrity do they think is poised for a comeback?
Can they make sense of AMC’s behavior towards their award-winning and critically acclaimed series?
Can they make sense of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes marketing campaign?
Does Dean know the difference between Ida Lupino and Hedy Lamarr?
Why is Phil receiving both praise AND criticism from his response to Ryan Murphy’s behavior on an episode of “The Glee Project”?
Answers to all these and many more on this week’s episode.
And if you still haven’t had enough of your friends in podcasting, write us at chillpakhollywood@yahoo.com to request the Bonus 4th Anniversary Episode (which includes never-before-heard material).
Thanks!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 9/11, AMC, Archer, Atlanta, Boba Fett, Boston Legal, Breaking Bad, Brett Ratner, Chris Carter, Chris Isaak, Clyde Lewis, David Duchovny, Dean Haglund, Dragon*Con, Ed, Eddie Murphy, Emmy Awards, Emmys, film distribution, filmmaking, films, Frank Spotnitz, Gillian Anderson, Glee, Harry's Law, Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law, Hilary Swank, independent film, It's Garry Shandling's Show, John Calley, Julie Bowen, Justified, Kathy Bates, Kevin Smith, Mad Men, Margo Martindale, Million Dollar Baby, Modern Family, Netflix, Oscars, Phil Leirness, Portland, Qwikster, Red State, Remington Steele, Ryan Murphy, Spongebob, Star Trek, Star Wars, television, The Glee Project, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Lone Gunmen, The Truth Is Out There, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, theme song, Tower Heist, Venture Bros, violence prevention | No Comments »
